Trade
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COTED officials meet to prepare for Ministerial session in June
Preparations have begun for the 60th Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), which will be held early next month in Georgetown, Guyana. Under the chairmanship of Honourable Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, regional ministers responsible for trade and economic development will meet 10-11 June. To advance the…
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CARICOM, insurance companies meet on regional ferry matters
Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat held discussions with insurance companies on Friday, 4 April 2025, as the Region continues to advance preparations for a regional ferry service. Dr. Wendell Samuel, Assistant Secretary-General (ag), Economic Integration, Innovation and Development, led the CARICOM team which included Amb. David Prendergast, Director, Sectoral Services, and Dr. Pauline Yearwood, Deputy Programme Manager, Transportation. The team…
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CARIFORUM-EU Civil Society Representatives review key EPA issues in The Bahamas
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Civil society representatives from CARIFORUM and the European Union (EU) met recently in The Bahamas to discuss the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), focusing on trade in services, the agreement’s five-year review, and the impact of International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on EPA implementation. Representing the CARIFORUM Directorate at the Eighth…
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CARIFORUM and the EU advance CARIFORUM EU Agreement for the Protection of Geographical Indications
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Representatives from Intellectual Property Offices and National EPA Coordinators of CARIFORUM States met with their European Union counterparts on recently to continue discussions for a CARIFORUM-EU Agreement for the Protection of Geographical Indications. A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products having a specific geographical origin and whose qualities…
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T&T’s Foreign Minister says CSME is a robust framework for resilience, sustainable growth
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, Senator the Hon. Dr. Amery Browne, on Tuesday 18 March said that the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is a robust framework for economic cooperation, resilience, and sustainable growth. In his remarks at the opening of a National Consultations on…
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CARIFORUM and the EU advance review of rules of origin under the EPA
(CARIFORUM Directorate, Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – CARIFORUM Senior officials recently met with counterparts from the European Commission to continue discussions on the simplification of the rules of origin that govern trade in goods under the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Participants attending the Third Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Simplification of the Rules of…
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